# Jig #177: Open

> Is the K4^3-free Turán density five ninths?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/177
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 500 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/500)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:26:26.714Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:28:28.259Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:35:10.468Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. The 3-graph consisting of the unique triple on three vertices is 3-uniform and K4^3-free.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/177?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e8e560a1-3cf2-4c15-8176-092d551dcd31 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32817315719, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:28:28.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The 3-graph consisting of the unique triple on three vertices is 3-uniform and K4^3-free.**

**Scope.**

The smallest nonempty 3-uniform hypergraph under the root's exact edge and forbidden-four-set encoding.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos500ThreeVertexHypergraph.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Submissions.Erdos500ThreeVertexHypergraph.Direct

abbrev ThreeGraph (n : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin n))

def IsThreeUniform {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 3

def IsK4Free {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ S : Finset (Fin n), S.card = 4 →
    ∃ T : Finset (Fin n), T ⊆ S ∧ T.card = 3 ∧ T ∉ E

theorem proof :
    IsThreeUniform ({Finset.univ} : ThreeGraph 3) ∧
      IsK4Free ({Finset.univ} : ThreeGraph 3) := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/e8e560a1-3cf2-4c15-8176-092d551dcd31/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.Erdos500ThreeVertexHypergraph

abbrev ThreeGraph (n : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin n))

def IsThreeUniform {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 3

def IsK4Free {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ S : Finset (Fin n), S.card = 4 →
    ∃ T : Finset (Fin n), T ⊆ S ∧ T.card = 3 ∧ T ∉ E

/-- The unique 3-edge on three vertices is uniform and vacuously K4-free. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  IsThreeUniform ({Finset.univ} : ThreeGraph 3) ∧
    IsK4Free ({Finset.univ} : ThreeGraph 3)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos500ThreeVertexHypergraph
```

### 1. Does the maximum density of a 3-uniform hypergraph with no complete 3-uniform hypergraph on four vertices ten…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/177?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:26:26.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Does the maximum density of a 3-uniform hypergraph with no complete 3-uniform hypergraph on four vertices tend to 5/9?**

The finite-set encoding matches ex_3(n,K_4^3) directly. Empty and one-edge 3-graphs kernel-check uniformity/K4-freeness boundaries; an independent encoding is definitionally equal; nine content-free bridges fail. Whole routes checked Turán's lower construction, exact flag-algebra certificates, link averaging, stability/symmetrization, and definition degeneracies.

**Scope.**

Turán's exact conjecture in Erdős problem 500. Edges are distinct 3-subsets of Fin n, K4^3-freeness requires a missing triple inside every 4-subset, the finite maximum is normalized by choose(n,3), and the asserted real limit is 5/9.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.Erdos500TuranDensity

open Filter

abbrev ThreeGraph (n : ℕ) := Finset (Finset (Fin n))

def IsThreeUniform {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ e ∈ E, e.card = 3

def IsK4Free {n : ℕ} (E : ThreeGraph n) : Prop :=
  ∀ S : Finset (Fin n), S.card = 4 →
    ∃ T : Finset (Fin n), T ⊆ S ∧ T.card = 3 ∧ T ∉ E

noncomputable def turanNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sSup {m : ℕ | ∃ E : ThreeGraph n,
    IsThreeUniform E ∧ IsK4Free E ∧ E.card = m}

/-- Turán's `(3,4)` conjecture, Erdős problem 500. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto
    (fun n => (turanNumber n : ℝ) / Nat.choose n 3)
    atTop (nhds (5 / 9 : ℝ))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos500TuranDensity
```

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